Friday, June 11, 2010

CATUR MAKSWIP 2010

I received the sms from Mr Zul of RTM , "Catur MAKSWIP 10-11.7". Looks like I am going to play 2 tournaments in a row (after that Catur Sukan Kewangan 14-16 July) with my fellows from JKDM (Customs Department). Well, actually 3 in a row because Catur MAKSAK must be very nearby.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

NATIONAL BLIND 2010 RESULT

Last Saturday and Sunday, the Society Blind of Malaysia organised the National Blind Chess Championship 2010. I had been appointed as the arbiter of the tournament. The result are as follows:-B1 Category (Total blind)

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

CLOCK SIMUL AGAINST 30

Insya-Allah, I shall conduct 3 sessions of chess simuls (with 1 hour time control using the chess clock) against 10 for each session in Neo Manhattan Chess Center TTDI. In this case, all the 10 participants shall be required to record all the moves.

Right after the simul, I shall conduct an open topic (question and answer) for chess clinic, not confining to the game played in the simul. Anyway, the clinic shall be not more than 2 hours.

For details:

1st sessionDate: 12 June 2010Time : 2.00 pm till finish

2nd sessionDate: 12 June 2010Time : 8.30 pm till finish

3rd sessionDate: 13 June 2010Time: 9.00 am till finish

This event is open to only 30 players (with FIDE rating 1899 and below or unrated- Otherwise it will be less sensible as my current rating is only 2000)The fee for participation is RM 30 per player. I shall give a token - chess book in cd format- (below is a sample of the cd- picture taken from the web for illustrative purpose)only to the first winner / or the first player who manage to draw with me for each and every session. If none of the players do not win... may be next time in future I shall conduct the similar event.

All fee must be paid before the start of the clock simul to my maybank 564100005575 (Rizal bin Ahmad Kamal) Places are limited to only 30 players. Please call / sms 0192421346 before making the payment as I am supposed to not receive more than 30 participation.

I was contacted by Rosham, the co-ordinator for this event to conduct this tournament as the arbiter. Well, the visual handicap people is no stranger to me as I had involved in coaching them since Manila 2005 Para Games, along with Mr Abdul Latif a.k.a Sifu.

Naturally, I asked, normally, Mr Abdul Latif will be the arbiter in charge. Rosham told me that, he (Latif) could not make it for some other reason. Eventually last night, Mr Latif rang me and explained that, he had, planned with his family to arrange the bethrothal ceremony of one of his daughters.

Therefore, all the visual handicaps, please make yourself available in this coming 5th and 6th of June 2010 at the Dewan Komanwel, MSN, Bukit Jalil. The event shall consist of 6 rounds starting at 8.00 am on the Saturday morning. They will be devided into B1 category, B2/B3 category and female category.

For more details contact Rosham at 0133322737

Below are some notable name of visual handicap chess players in action:

Do not underestimate the blind chess player. In Para games Manila 2005, I had the chance to play Eddy Suriyanto who at that time had just clinched his first gold medal. I just wanted to see, how strong was he. The battle turned up to be a victory for me but, of course this was only unofficial and I had the advantage of able to see. 3 years later he participated in the 1st KL Open, arriving late (missing 2 rounds) he managed to catch the 2nd place in the end beating all the normal players paired against him. In KL09 Para games, he also won a gold medal in one of the categories.